One morning on the outskirts of Damascus, two starving friends are walking through their desolate city and come across a familiar street that has been turned to rubble, concrete bridges towering above them like tombs and houses turned inside out. Aeham turns to the only comfort he has left and sits at his piano to play a song of hope to his fellow Syrians. It is a song that will reach far beyond the streets of his home and carry consequences he could never have dreamed of. This tender and poetic account of Aeham's experiences, from losing his city, friends and family to leaving his country and finding safety, will move readers with raw and candid emotion. This is a gripping portrait of a man's search for solace and of a country that has been fiercely torn apart.
Aeham Ahmad Books
January 1, 1988
Aeham Ahmad, born in Damascus, belongs to the Palestinian minority in Syria and lived with his family until 2015 in the Yarmouk refugee camp. His musical talent was supported from an early age, and by his early twenties, he had graduated from the conservatory in Damascus and Homs. Despite an injury to his right hand that closed the door on a career as a classical concert pianist, Ahmad has emerged as a powerful symbol of hope and resilience. His music, often performed amidst the devastation of the camp, conveys a message of peace and humanity in the face of war's horrors.



Taxi Damaskus
Geschichten – Begegnungen – Hoffnungen